The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles

Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution::The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles

  • @N00dleEnglish
    39•9 months ago

    no living creatures to cause it to rot

    Soon termites will evolve for space environment. On a serious note this does seem cool. The amount of satellites going to burn like disposable starlink ones will be an issue. This prototype is small, but this would be good for cubesats.

    • @platypus_plumbaEnglish
      10•9 months ago

      Feels like one of the few instances of humans doing something about issues before shit hits the roof.

    • HarryEnglish
      5•9 months ago

      From the makers of Snakes on a Plane…Bugs on a Satellite